Racing The HQ With Little Success.🤦‍♂️

[@Joedennett69]

Later

[@barrywing888]

These videos are always great fun! Great content and very simple! Good luck with the Ute

[@71honky]

put a mechanical pump on it mate it will be plenty for that motor, make 500 all day with a reasonable mechanical pump no noise no relay fires lol

[@JAStheACE]

Exactly.

[@micksss7444]

Hey Joe, just a quick one for when you get back to your carb tuning.You get your wide open throttle mixture from the power valve restriction size. The main jets set your cruise mixtures. A big mechanical pump will work well and volume is more important than pressure. Keep up the good work.

[@Joedennett69]

I just put in a raceworks red pump, same specks as a Holley red. fuel issues are sorted. As for tuning the power valve restrictions, I need to get my self a metering block where I can change them. Just a set size in my current block. I have been playing with the carb over the weekend and yes to get wide open throttle to where it needs to be, cruise is fat.

[@zdravkomomci7570]

You got to start from somewhere and you got home without a trailer is a bonus it's all part of the fun when your racing

[@stevessaws3612]

Love the vid joe and to everyone in it. Made smile all the way thru watch you young fellas have fun. I had a big probs with my project

[@bill13690]

Sorry things didn't work out for you. Joe, but I hope things will pick up for you again next time. When you're down the track, Cheers from William.

[@Shauny808]

Great day had by all. Enjoy watching the vids bro 🤙🏼

[@paulcost6446]

Good run to iron out the bugs, are you running a Ford explorer diff or just adapted the disc brake setup?

[@Joedennett69]

Explorer diff

[@boujeePerformance]

That overflow tank may pop your radiator bro it’s sealed has no way for the radiator to vent excess pressure into it when the cap opens. Atleast this is exactly what happened to my ls when I used that same bottle.

[@Joedennett69]

@@boujeePerformance yes i noticed. I leave the lid open a bit.

[@Wes_G1982]

Cruising, the cars running sweet, racing, dog shit, stopping, arse 😂😂😂

[@itseithergonnaworkoritaint7852]

With a solid lifter cam and a single plane intake, why would you even shift that thing in 3rd in the QM? Also unless you have a manual valve body in that th400 you have you aren't going to be able to hold 1st gear as long as you should either because even when it's in 1st gear it will automatically shift into 2nd without moving the shifter. With all those transmission short comings, 13.2 isn't that bad though. Get the transmission and fuel delivery sorted out and you'll probably be in the mid 12s?😎👍

[@itseithergonnaworkoritaint7852]

Ok I made it to the end and if you're only going to shift at 6,100 to 6,200 right when you start making power with the single plane and solid cam, what's the point? If you want to shift that low than a genuine imitation RPM Airgap dual plane intake will make more power than the single plane you have on there all the way to where you're shifting. It's been dyno and track proven over and over, hundreds if not thousands of times. Just because you tried a low rise not as good as factory intake, aftermarket aluminum dual plane doesn't mean the high rise dual plane will be just as bad.🙄 I have used an RPM Airgap and never experienced a downside with one. They even make more power with a factory stock cam than a low rise dual plane even on a small cubic inch sbc. Had one on a sbc 305 that made it run great for a factory cam engine. The car weighed 3,400 lbs and ran 14.0s in the QM with the factory cam topped off with an Edelbrock RPM Airgap dual plane intake and an Edelbrock 600 CFM carb. Anyway just remember, a bad day at the track beats a good day at work every time.😁😎

[@Joedennett69]

230@50 degrees on a 109LSA cam makes power to about 6000rpm. No need to rev it any further. Also standard bottom end with cast pistons. As for 1st shifting out. I addressed that years ago when I first put the car together, the 1-2 shift valve has been modified and the drain blocked, it shifts when I tell it too. Yes I need to go into 3rd gear.

[@itseithergonnaworkoritaint7852]

@@Joedennett69 On one of the cams I have in one of my cars says the power range is idle to 5,000 RPM, but it keeps pulling to 6,000 RPM. The duration at .050" is 202°/212°. So if this cam can make power to 6k your 230° cam should rev to at least 6,500 while still pulling. Cast bottom end should be good to 6,500 RPM. Also a genuine imitation RPM Airgap dual plane intake always makes more power than a single plane to 6,500 RPM. To bad you didn't have your heads flow tested, you could of used the the Wallace Racing on line calculator that will tell you at what RPM maximum HP would occur. Just have to punch in engine cubic inches and max intake head flow. That sight has many more than just that calculator too if you're interested? Did not know you altered your transmission I must have missed that video, very cool. What rear gear do you have in that Australian El Camino? If it's under a 4.11:1 gear you should be able to cross the finish line in second gear, especially if you rev it in first and second a few hundred more RPM?😎👍